Intro to Philosophy Flashcards
(42 cards)
Philosophical study on the correct process of thinking
Logic
Greek word which means “The formal systematic study of the principles of valid interference and correct reasoning”.
Logiké
How knowledge relates to truth, belief, and justification.
Epistemology
The means of production of knowledge.
Epistemology
Investigates principles of reality transcending those of any particular science.
Metaphysics
Traditional Branches of Metaphysics
Ontology and Cosmology
Philosophical study on the morality of human actions.
Ethics
Study of the universe in its totality, and by extension, humanity’s place in it.
Cosmology
Philosophical study of the nature of being.
Ontology
Deals with questions concerning what entities exists.
Ontology
Take the broadest possible perspective on a subject of inquiry.
Philosophy as a Speculative Thinking
To judge; to analyze.
Philosophy as Critical Thinking
A systematic, rigorous, disciplined thinking that involves being part of and experiencing the world.
Philosophy as Reflective Inquiry
“The whole universe is composed of different forms of water.”
Thales
“The whole universe is composed of air.”
Anaximenes
“The whole universe is composed of fire.”
Heraclitus
“The whole universe is composed of the infinite or boundless.”
Anaximander
Enquiry inti the nature of existence, being and the world.
Metaphysics
All things are composed of materials.
Materialists
The essence of the universe could be encountered through the study of mathematics.
Pythagoras
3 Aspects of the Human Nature
Somatc, Behavioral, Attitudinal
The body. The material composition and the substance.
Somatic
A person’s mode of acting.
Behavioral
A person’s feelings, inclinations, convictions, prejudices or bias, or disposition towards a certain type of activity.
Attitudinal